The 23-year-old Bayne was arraigned Monday afternoon on that count and first-degree child abuse, a 15-year felony, for allegedly punching his girlfriend's 9-month-old daughter in the head, causing skull fractures and internal injuries.

Bayne, of 403 Peach, was charged as a second-time habitual offender, which could add 50 percent to his maximum prison sentence. That's based on a 2009 conviction of animal killing/torture.

"This was a severe and violent beating of a defenseless child," Hilson said. "The prognosis is uncertain. Given the violent nature of this crime, we believe this individual poses a danger to community and a risk of flight."

Donald Bayne

Police said Bayne, who lives with his parents, is the boyfriend of the infant's mother who was working around 3:30 p.m. Feb. 1 when the alleged abuse occurred at Bayne's village of Fruitport home.

Fruitport Township Public Safety Director Ken Doctor said the man admitted to police that he hit the child in her head with a closed fist during a fit of rage when the child was crying. It wasn't clear how many times he hit the infant, Doctor said.

The infant was lying in a playpen when Bayne allegedly struck her, he said.

The infant remained in critical condition at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids late Monday morning.

State officials from Children's Protective Services and the Fruitport Township Police Department are continuing to investigate the incident.